On a flop of , an early position player bet 2,600 and Andrew Liporace called from the cutoff. The button then raised to 7,600 and both players made the call.
When the hit the turn, it went check, check and the button bet 13,000. The player in early position folded and Liporace shoved all in for 58,000. The button snap-called and turned over for a full house, which left Liporace drawing dead with .
Liporace who started the day as one of the chip leaders, is down to 67,000.
With the board showing , the player sitting under the gun checked, and Brian Hastings, sitting to his left, bet 7,000. The river brought the and another check. Hastings bet 15,000 this time, and again his opponent called.
Hastings showed and his opponent mucked. Hastings is up to 92,000 now.
An interesting hand just took place right here before the break -- or, more accurately, during the first part of the dinner break.
Most of the tables had emptied, but action continued on the feature table here in the Red section between Chris Moneymaker and Bryan Pellegrino. They'd reached the river, with the board showing . With about 20,000 already in the middle, Chris Moneymaker had bet 8,100, and a small group of media -- including the ESPN cameras -- began to surround the table anticipating Pellegrino's response.
More than ten minutes passed, with Pellegrino sitting perfectly still. Finally Moneymaker stood up and said he was going to have to call the clock.
"I said I'm all in!" said Pellegrino, somewhat incredulously. Apparently he'd made the declaration immediately, but Moneymaker -- nor any of those watching the action -- had heard. "I was going to call the clock on you," said Pellegrino, "but I didn't want to."
Moneymaker, now realizing the action was in fact on him, quickly said "Okay, if you got lucky you got lucky," and set his remaining stack before him. He tabled his , and Pellegrino instantly mucked.
Moneymaker will have 121,000 when he returns from the break, while Pellegrino has 72,000.
With the board showing , Billy Kopp checked from the small blind, his opponent in the cutoff bet, and Kopp called. The pot by then had reached about 30,000.
The river brought the . Kopp sat for about a minute, then checked, and his opponent quickly bet 20,000. Kopp thought another half-minute, then made the call.
His opponent tossed his hand ahead of himself face up -- . Kopp showed for aces, and took the pot. "I guess 30 would have done it?" asked Kopp's opponent, but the 12th-place finisher in the 2009 Main Event didn't answer one way or the other.
Kopp is stacking up 213,000 as he readies for the dinner break.
Court Harrington raised from the hijack seat to 2,000 and last year's Casino Employees champion Andrew Cohen called from the button. The big blind also called.
The three players took a flop of and action checked to Harrington. He fired 2,700 as his continuation bet and Cohen called. The big blind folded.
The turn brought the and Harrington check-called a bet of 5,000 from Cohen. The river then completed he board with the and both players checked.
Harrington showed the and Cohen the . Cohen's sixes and threes were best and he won the pot.
, an early position player bet 2,600 and Andrew Liporace called from the cutoff. The button then raised to 7,600 and both players made the call.
hit the turn, it went check, check and the button bet 13,000. The player in early position folded and Liporace shoved all in for 58,000. The button snap-called and turned over 
for a full house, which left Liporace drawing dead with 
.
, the player sitting under the gun checked, and Brian Hastings, sitting to his left, bet 7,000. The river brought the 
and another check. Hastings bet 15,000 this time, and again his opponent called.
and his opponent mucked. Hastings is up to 92,000 now.![[user25067]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
, and Pellegrino instantly mucked.
flop virtually ended it for Phillips, and when the 
landed on the turn and river, Phillips made his way to the exit.
, Billy Kopp checked from the small blind, his opponent in the cutoff bet, and Kopp called. The pot by then had reached about 30,000.
. Kopp sat for about a minute, then checked, and his opponent quickly bet 20,000. Kopp thought another half-minute, then made the call.
and action checked to Harrington. He fired 2,700 as his continuation bet and Cohen called. The big blind folded.
and Harrington check-called a bet of 5,000 from Cohen. The river then completed he board with the 
and Cohen the 
. Cohen's sixes and threes were best and he won the pot.